Fuzzy geo-processing for characterization of social groups: an application to a Brazilian mid-size city
Autor: | J. A. Silva, G. R. A. Gonzalez, A. G. Evsukoff, A. P. B. Sobral, R. C. Pinto |
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Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Zdroj: | Data Mining VII: Data, Text and Web Mining and their Business Applications. |
ISSN: | 1743-3517 1746-4463 |
Popis: | This paper presents a method for the spatial representation of social-economic groups. This work is based on the Brazilian census geo-referenced data for the revenue and education level of 540 districts in a mid-size city. The data was analyzed by k-means clustering algorithms for determination of groups of similar behavior based only on the revenue and education level data. The groups were then plotted into the city map using geo-referenced information. The aim of this study is to analyze the spatial distribution of groups of equivalent socio-economic levels, taking into account the uncertainty of the classification process. The results show that the model is able to represent the distribution of the social groups in an inter-related and continuous space. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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